Brent Spar

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 2:22 pm on 12 July 1995.

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Photo of Mr Timothy Eggar Mr Timothy Eggar , Enfield North 2:22, 12 July 1995

There were, of course, three years of extensive studies carried out by Shell. The major document is now in the public domain, and has been since 16 February.

The Brent Spar is now moored in a Norwegian fjord. Shell is inviting an independent inspection entity, DNV, to inspect and analyse the allegations that have been made by Greenpeace and to report on them fully and independently.

As for the environmental damage that the hon. Gentleman claims will be done to the deep sea and the Atlantic, I shall quote Dr. Tony Rice, an independent scientist and probably the leading independent deep sea biologist in the country, who said that the most likely impact of deep sea disposal of Brent Spar was the death of a number of worms on the sea bed".